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Elliott Abramson (b. 1939) —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Bayside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., September
26, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1972.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Max Abramson and Kate (Heichman) Abramson; married 1964 to
Rochelle Lattman. |
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Carlos Coolidge Alden (b. 1866) —
also known as Carlos C. Alden —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Wilmington, Will
County, Ill., June 4,
1866.
Progressive. Lawyer;
law professor; candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1912; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1913; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward A. Alden and Adelaide (Cousens) Alden; married, June 29,
1898, to Suzanne Weismer. |
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Melinda Alexander —
Republican. Lecturer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1936.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Books by Melinda
Alexander: Machine-Gun
Diplomacy, with John A.H. Hopkins (1928) |
| | | Image source: New York Times, October
25, 1936 |
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Marcus Alexis (b. 1932) —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
26, 1932.
Democrat. Economist;
university professor; member, Interstate Commerce Commission,
1979-81.
African
ancestry. Member, American
Economic Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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Frederick Christopher Arterton (b. 1942) —
also known as F. Christopher Arterton —
of Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
22, 1942.
Democrat. College instructor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Massachusetts, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Chi Rho; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Harry Arterton and Eleanor (Bell) Arterton; married 1966 to Janet
MacArthur Bond. |
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Sidney H. Asch (b. 1919) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1919.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 2nd District, 1953-61; resigned
1961; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1960.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Arbitration Association; Zionist
Organization of America.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Hurd Atwell (b. 1877) —
also known as Harry H. Atwell —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., December
14, 1877.
Democrat. Engineer;
grading
contractor; university professor; Washtenaw
County Surveyor, 1921-30; Washtenaw
County Clerk, 1933-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Arbitration Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Harrison Atwell and Julia Matilda (Hurd) Atwell; married 1904 to Clara
K. M. Rohde; married 1919 to
Katherine Anna Schaeberle. |
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Alexander Samuel Bacon (1853-1920) —
also known as Alexander S. Bacon —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., November
20, 1853.
Lawyer;
lecturer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 9th District, 1887; candidate
for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1906 (Independence League),
1915 (American); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
vice-president and director, Webster Piano
Company.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Attorney for New York Gov. William
Sulzer at his impeachment trial in 1913.
Died, from complications of pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 29,
1920 (age 66 years, 191
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y.
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Patricia Ellis Baker (b. 1938) —
also known as Patricia E. Baker; Patricia
Ellis —
of Albion, Orleans
County, N.Y.
Born in Gaines, Orleans
County, N.Y., November
7, 1938.
Democrat. School
teacher; college professor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1972.
Female.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Charles Otis Ellis and Ruth (Winslow) Ellis; married 1960 to Roy
John Baker. |
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Thomas Meinhard Balliet (1852-1942) —
also known as Thomas M. Balliet —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Mahoning, Carbon
County, Pa., March 1,
1852.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; university professor; dean, School of
Education, New York University, 1904-19; Law Preservation candidate
for New York
state senate 19th District, 1932; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1942 (age 89 years, 354
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.; cenotaph at Lehighton Cemetery, Lehighton, Pa.
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Kenneth Gill Bartlett (1906-1983) —
also known as Kenneth G. Bartlett —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., March
13, 1906.
Republican. Dean, adult education division, University
College, Syracuse University, 1946-52; vice president dean of
public affairs, 1953; director of Onondaga County Savings Bank;
member of New York
state assembly 119th District, 1967-70.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Sigma
Nu.
Died in October, 1983
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Bernice Kleinhans. |
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John Bascom (1827-1911) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Genoa, Cayuga
County, N.Y., April
30, 1827.
College professor; president,
University of Wisconsin, 1874-87; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1890 (12th District), 1896
(1st District), 1902 (1st District); Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1897.
Died in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
2, 1911 (age 84 years, 155
days).
Interment at Williams
College Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Bascom and Laura (Woodbridge) Bascom; married 1853 to Abbie
Burt; married, January
8, 1856, to Emma Curtiss. |
| | | Bascom Hall,
on the campus of the University
of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Bascom (built 1942-43 at Panama
City, Florida; bombed and sank in the harbor at Bari,
Italy, 1943) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Audrey Phillips Beck (1931-1983) —
also known as Audrey P. Beck; Audrey Elaine
Phillips —
of Storrs, Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
6, 1931.
Democrat. University professor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1967-75; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1975-83.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Killed
herself by slashing
her wrists, in a wooded area of Willington, Tolland
County, Conn., March 9,
1983 (age 51 years, 215
days).
Interment at New Storrs Cemetery, Storrs, Mansfield, Conn.
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Adolf Augustus Berle Jr. (1895-1971) —
also known as Adolf A. Berle; A. A. Berle —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
29, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; economist;
law professor; member of the "Brain Trust" which advised
President Franklin
D. Roosevelt; American Labor candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; U.S.
Ambassador to Brazil, 1945-46.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Philosophical Society; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a stroke,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
17, 1971 (age 76 years, 19
days).
Interment at Muddy Brook Cemetery, Great Barrington, Mass.
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Philip Blank (b. 1898) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born May 8,
1898.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
lawyer;
college teacher; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 24th District, 1945-46.
Jewish.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Dora Rubenstein. |
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Frank Dickinson Blodgett (1871-1954) —
also known as Frank D. Blodgett —
of Oneonta, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y.
Born in Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y., March
29, 1871.
Republican. College professor; mayor
of Oneonta, N.Y., 1912-14; president,
Adelphi College, 1915-37.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., July 10,
1954 (age 83 years, 103
days).
Interment at Cortland
Rural Cemetery, Cortland, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Alonzo Dwight Blodgett and Eleanor Amelia (Dickinson) Blodgett;
married, August
18, 1897, to Helen Margurita Wilcox; married, July 12,
1933, to Bertha S. Jones; third cousin of Lyman
Warren Bliss and Aaron
Thomas Bliss; third cousin twice removed of Aaron
Tyler Bliss; fourth cousin of Henry
Williams Blodgett (1821-1905), Foster
Blodgett Jr. and Asiel
Z. Blodgett; fourth cousin once removed of Abijah
Blodget, Edwin
Ford Blodgett, Dwight
Oscar Whedon and Henry
Williams Blodgett (1876-1959). |
| | | Political families: Blodgett-Whedon
family of Killingworth, Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Breckinridge Board Jr. (b. 1931) —
also known as Joseph B. Board, Jr. —
of Scotia, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Princeton, Gibson
County, Ind., March 5,
1931.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; university professor; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1993.
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Silas Walter Bond (1864-1939) —
also known as Silas W. Bond —
of Houghton, Allegany
County, N.Y.; Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan.; Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Nora, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., January
13, 1864.
Minister;
professor, Houghton Seminary, Houghton, N.Y.; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1904; president,
Miltonvale Wesleyan College, Miltonvale, Kan.; Prohibition candidate
for Governor of
Kansas, 1914; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Wesleyan
Methodist.
Died in Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif., December
3, 1939 (age 75 years, 324
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Williams Bond and Matilda (Shaw) Bond; married, August
11, 1896, to Harriet 'Hattie' West; married, November
26, 1931, to Jessie LaVinia Ward. |
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William F. Bowe (b. 1896) —
of Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; member of New York
state assembly, 1943-46, 1949-52 (Queens County 4th District
1943-44, Queens County 6th District 1945-46, 1949-52).
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; American
Arbitration Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin J. Bowe. |
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John Brademas (1927-2016) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph
County, Ind., March 2,
1927.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. Patrick
McNamara; administrative assistant to U.S. Rep Thomas
L. Ashley; executive assistant to presidential candidate Adlai
E. Stevenson; college professor; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1959-81; defeated,
1954, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana,
1964,
1968,
1972;
president,
New York University, 1981-92.
Methodist.
Greek
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Order
of Ahepa; Eagles;
Moose;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 11,
2016 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Orlo Marion Brees (1896-1980) —
also known as Orlo M. Brees —
of Endicott, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, Fulton
County, Ill., April
13, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; printing
business; author;
lecturer; poet;
member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1941-52; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in November, 1980
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere
in Peoria, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married 1933 to
Frances W. Freeman. |
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Julian Pleasant Bretz (1876-1951) —
also known as Julian P. Bretz —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
29, 1876.
Democrat. University professor; historian;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1930 (Democratic, 37th District),
1932 (Democratic, 37th District), 1934 (Democratic, 37th District),
1944 (American Labor, 39th District); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1936;
chair
of Tompkins County Democratic Party, 1936; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1942.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died June 15,
1951 (age 74 years, 168
days).
Interment at Davis Chapel Cemetery, Dearborn, Mo.
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Romanzo Bunn (1829-1909) —
of Galesville, Trempealeau
County, Wis.
Born in South Hartwick, Otsego
County, N.Y., September
24, 1829.
Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1860; circuit judge in Wisconsin 6th Circuit,
1869-77; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1877-1905;
retired 1905; law professor.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., January
25, 1909 (age 79 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mary Ingraham Bunting (1910-1998) —
also known as Mary I. Bunting; Polly Bunting; Mary
Ingraham; Mary Bunting-Smith —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 10,
1910.
Democrat. Microbiologist;
college professor; president,
Radcliffe College, 1960-72; member, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission,
1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,
1972.
Female.
Died, in Kendal at Hanover continuing
care community, Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H., January
21, 1998 (age 87 years, 195
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Henry A. Ingraham and Mary (Shotwell) Ingraham; married
1937 to
Henry Bunting; married 1975 to
Clement A. Smith. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Harvard University
Gazette |
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Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., April 2,
1862.
Republican. University professor; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1888;
President
of Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928
(speaker),
1932;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1920,
1928;
co-recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve; blind
in his later years.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, of bronchio-pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1947 (age 85 years, 249
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Parnell J. T. Callahan (1912-1969) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 16,
1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 12th District, 1957-58;
defeated, 1958.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
27, 1969 (age 56 years, 256
days).
Interment at Long
Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Alan K. Campbell —
of Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y.
Democrat. University professor; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967.
Still living as of 1967.
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E. Vernon Carbonara —
of New York.
Conservative. University professor; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1962; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Still living as of 1966.
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Perry Amherst Carpenter (1881-1957) —
also known as Perry A. Carpenter —
of Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Irondequoit, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Benton Township, Lackawanna
County, Pa., November
29, 1881.
Professor of mathematics, Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima,
N.Y., 1910; later high school
teacher; Prohibition candidate for New York
state assembly from Livingston County, 1909; Prohibition
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 39th District, 1912.
Co-author of mathematics and algebra textbooks.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., 1957
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) —
also known as Elmer A. Carter —
of Prairie View, Waller
County, Tex.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1890.
College teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
executive secretary for the Urban League in various cities, 1920-28;
editor of Opportunity, a Journal of Negro Life, 1928-42;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1932;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1950; Republican
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; American
Legion; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died January
16, 1973 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter; married
1922 to
Edna Felicia Billups; married 1927 to Thelma
Charles Johnson. |
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Eric Thomas Chester (b. 1943) —
also known as Eric Chester —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Montague, Franklin
County, Mass.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
6, 1943.
New Politics candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1968; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; university professor; Socialist
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1996; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 2006.
Member, Industrial
Workers of the World.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Chester and Alice (Fried) Chester. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Ramsey Clark (1927-2021) —
also known as William Ramsey Clark —
of near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., December
18, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1967-69; law professor; Democratic
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1974, 1976 (primary); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Tau Delta.
Defended many controversial figures during his legal and political
career, including David Koresh, Lyndon
LaRouche, Leonard
Peltier, Radovan Karadzic, Slobodan Milosevic, and Saddam Hussein.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
2021 (age 93 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Herman Jay Cohen (b. 1932) —
also known as Herman J. Cohen —
of New York.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
10, 1932.
University professor; U.S. Ambassador to Senegal, 1977-80; Gambia, 1977-80; Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for African
Affairs, 1989-93.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2015.
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
University professor; President
of Amherst College, 1946-60; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Association of University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Chester Cicero Cole (b. 1824) —
also known as Chester C. Cole —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Oxford, Orange
County, N.Y., June 4,
1824.
Lawyer;
justice
of Iowa state supreme court, 1864-76; law professor.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Cole and Alice (Pullman) Cole; married, June 25,
1848, to Amanda M. Bennett. |
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Barry Commoner (1917-2012) —
also known as "Paul Revere of Ecology" —
of Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 28,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; biologist;
university professor; Citizens candidate for President
of the United States, 1980; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
30, 2012 (age 95 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isidore Commoner and Goldie (Yarmolinksy) Commoner; married to
Gloria Gordon; married 1980 to Lisa
Feiner. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Edwin F. Conely (b. 1847) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
7, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1880,
1892;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Michigan Gold
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William S. Conely and Eliza (O'Connor) Conely; married, December
9, 1873, to Achsah Butterfield; married, May 9,
1882, to Fanny Butterfield. |
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Mortimer Elwyn Cooley (b. 1855) —
also known as Mortimer E. Cooley —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born near Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., March
28, 1855.
Democrat. Engineer;
university professor; served in the U.S. Navy during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1924.
Member, Sigma
Phi; Sigma
Xi; Freemasons;
American
Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Blake Cooley and Achsah Bennett (Griswold) Cooley; married,
December
25, 1879, to Caroline Elizabeth Mosely. |
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Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1824-1898) —
also known as Thomas M. Cooley —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y., January
6, 1824.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; law partner of Charles
M. Croswell, 1855; reporter, Michigan Supreme Court, 1857-64;
law professor; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1865-85; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1868-69, 1876-77,
1884-85; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1887-92.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., September
12, 1898 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Royal Samuel Copeland (1868-1938) —
also known as Royal S. Copeland —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
7, 1868.
Homeopathic
physician; university professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1901-03; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1923-38; died in office 1938; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1936;
candidate in Democratic primary for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1937.
Methodist.
English
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Maccabees;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American
Public Health Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1938 (age 69 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mahwah
Cemetery, Mahwah, N.J.
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Guy Carleton Haynes Corliss (b. 1858) —
also known as Guy C. H. Corliss —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 4,
1858.
Lawyer;
justice
of North Dakota state supreme court, 1889-98; Dean, Law
School, University of North Dakota.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyrus K. Corliss and Clarinda M. Corliss. |
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George Sylvester Counts (1889-1974) —
also known as George S. Counts —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; New Hope, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born near Baldwin City, Douglas
County, Kan., December
9, 1889.
University professor; author; president,
American Federation of Teachers, 1939-42; New York American Labor
Party state chair, 1942-44; Liberal candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952; New York Liberal Party state chair,
1955-59.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two weeks later, in a hospital
at Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
10, 1974 (age 84 years, 336
days). His body was
donated to Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of James Wilson Counts and Mertie Florella (Gamble)
Counts. |
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Robert J. Cronin (1915-1986) —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born June 23,
1915.
Democrat. College professor; candidate for New York
state senate 39th District, 1958; mayor
of Glens Falls, N.Y., 1970-77.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Catholic
War Veterans.
Died December
12, 1986 (age 71 years, 172
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mario Matthew Cuomo (1932-2015) —
also known as Mario M. Cuomo —
of Holliswood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 15,
1932.
Democrat. Played professional
baseball in 1952 for the minor-league Brunswick Pirates; lawyer;
law professor; secretary
of state of New York, 1975-78; Liberal candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1977; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1979-82; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(speaker),
1988;
Governor
of New York, 1983-94; defeated, 1994; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 2015 (age 82 years, 200
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Marcus Daly (1908-1969) —
of Lincroft, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., September
18, 1908.
Republican. College professor; Director General,
Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration, 1958-61;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1964.
Catholic.
Member, Holy
Name Society.
Died, from bladder
cancer, in Monmouth Medical
Center, Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., July 25,
1969 (age 60 years, 310
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Cyrenus Garritt Darling (1856-1933) —
also known as Cyrenus G. Darling —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Bethel, Sullivan
County, N.Y., 1856.
Republican. Physician;
university professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1894-95; defeated, 1909, 1911.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Died, from pernicious
anemia, April
21, 1933 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Darling and Eliza (Starr) Darling; married 1884 to
Augusta M. Payne. |
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Frederick Morgan Davenport (1866-1956) —
also known as Frederick M. Davenport —
of Clinton, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., August
27, 1866.
College professor; member of New York
state senate 36th District, 1909-10, 1919-24; Progressive
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1912; Progressive candidate for Governor of
New York, 1914; delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1925-33; defeated
(Republican), 1932, 1934.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
26, 1956 (age 90 years, 121
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Solon De Leon (1883-1975) —
also known as Braset Marteau; Bert Grant —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1883.
Socialist. Writer;
college teacher; Socialist Labor candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911.
Died in Ellenville, Ulster
County, N.Y., December
3, 1975 (age 92 years, 92
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John J. DePasquale (b. 1896) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Bronx County 10th District, 1945-50;
candidate for New York
state senate 27th District, 1950; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1958.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry William Diederich (1845-1926) —
also known as Henry W. Diederich —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
13, 1845.
Republican. Pastor;
college professor; U.S. Consul in Leipzig, 1889-93; Magdeburg, 1897-99; Bremen, 1899-1906; Sarnia, 1919-24; U.S. Consul General in Antwerp, 1906-17.
Lutheran.
Died in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
8, 1926 (age 80 years, 87
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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John Forrest Dillon (1831-1914) —
also known as John F. Dillon —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa.
Born in Northampton, Montgomery County (now Fulton
County), N.Y., December
25, 1831.
Lawyer;
law professor; author;
district judge in Iowa 7th District, 1859-63; justice of
Iowa state supreme court, 1864-69; chief
justice of Iowa state supreme court, 1867-69; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1870-79.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 5,
1914 (age 82 years, 131
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Memorial Gardens, Davenport, Iowa.
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Silas Hamilton Douglas (1816-1890) —
also known as Silas H. Douglas; Silas H.
Douglass —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Fredonia, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., October
27, 1816.
Physician;
university professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1871-73.
Episcopalian.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
26, 1890 (age 73 years, 303
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd (1919-2017) —
also known as Douglas F. Dowd —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., December
7, 1919.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; economist;
university professor; Peace and Freedom candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1968.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in Bologna, Italy,
September
8, 2017 (age 97 years, 275
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Mervyn Dowd and Sybil (Seid) Dowd; married to Zeril
Druskin. |
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) —
also known as W. E. B. Du Bois —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Accra, Ghana.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., February
23, 1868.
College professor; sociologist;
historian;
civil rights leader; Pan-Africanist; one of the founders of the
NAACP; received the Spingarn
Medal in 1920; member of New York American Labor Party Executive
Committee, 1949; American Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1950; in 1951, he and four other leaders
of the Peace Information Center, which was alleged
to be acting on behalf of the Soviet Union, were indicted
for their failure to register as foreign
agents; the case was dismissed in 1952, but his passport was
withheld until 1958; awarded the Lenin
Peace Prize in 1959.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
In 1895, he was the first
African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Died in Accra, Ghana,
August
27, 1963 (age 95 years, 185
days).
Entombed at Du Bois Memorial Centre, Accra, Ghana.
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Harvey Gridley Eastman (1832-1878) —
also known as Harvey G. Eastman; H. G.
Eastman —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Marshall, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
16, 1832.
Republican. College professor; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1868;
mayor
of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1869; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1872, 1874.
Died, from congestion of
the lungs, in Denver,
Colo., July 13,
1878 (age 45 years, 239
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Alfred Eddy (1896-1962) —
also known as Bill Eddy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.; Beirut, Lebanon.
Born, to American parents, in Sidon, Syria (now Lebanon),
March
9, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
college professor; president
of Hobart College and William Smith College, Geneva, N.Y., 1936-42;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. Minister to
Saudi Arabia, 1944-46; Middle East consultant, Arabian American
Oil
Company, 1947-62.
Episcopalian.
Died May 3,
1962 (age 66 years, 55
days).
Interment at Protestant
Cemetery, Sidon, Lebanon.
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Maurice Francis Egan (1852-1924) —
also known as Maurice F. Egan —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., May 24,
1852.
University professor; author;
U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1907-17.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
15, 1924 (age 71 years, 236
days).
Interment at Old
Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Scott Everton (1908-2003) —
of Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Istanbul, Turkey;
Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Barnstable
County, Mass.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., March 7,
1908.
Minister;
college professor; president,
Kalamazoo College, 1949-53; U.S. Ambassador to Burma, 1961-63; president
of Robert College (now Bogazici University), Istanbul, Turkey,
1968-71.
Baptist;
later Congregationalist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died January
23, 2003 (age 94 years, 322
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh T. Farley —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Republican. School
teacher; university professor; member of New York
state senate 44th District, 1977-.
Still living as of 2008.
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Married to Sharon Rose. |
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Livingston Farrand (1867-1939) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Brewster, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 14,
1867.
Physician;
anthropologist;
psychologist;
university professor; president,
University of Colorado, 1914-19; chairman, Central Committee of the
American Red Cross, 1919-21; president,
Cornell University, 1921-37; elected (Wet) delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, American
Public Health Association; American
Psychological Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1939 (age 72 years, 147
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Oran Faville (1817-1872) —
of Delaware, Delaware
County, Ohio; Mitchell, Mitchell
County, Iowa.
Born in Manheim, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
13, 1817.
College professor; president,
Wesleyan Female College, Delaware, Ohio, 1853-55; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1858-60; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1864-67.
Died in Waverly, Bremer
County, Iowa, November
2, 1872 (age 55 years, 20
days).
Interment at Harlington
Cemetery, Waverly, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Faville and Elizabeth 'Betsy' (West) Faville; married to
Maria M. Peck; uncle of Frederick
F. Faville. |
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Emerson D. Fite (b. 1874) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, Ohio, March 3,
1874.
Republican. College professor; member of New York
state assembly from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1934-43.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lemuel Fite and Louisa Fite. |
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1936 |
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Frederic Charles Fornes Jr. (b. 1905) —
also known as Frederic C. Fornes, Jr. —
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
22, 1905.
College instructor; U.S. Vice Consul in Toronto, 1929-30; Sao Paulo, 1930-33; U.S. Consul in Sao Paulo, as of 1943.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles B. Fowler —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Democrat. University professor; candidate for mayor
of White Plains, N.Y., 1933; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Virginia Ann Foxx (b. 1943) —
also known as Virginia Ann Palmieri —
of Grandfather, Avery
County, N.C.; Banner Elk, Avery
County, N.C.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 29,
1943.
Republican. College professor; president,
Mayland Community College, 1987-94; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1994-2004; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 2005-.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2018.
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Aaron Frank (c.1904-1955) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., about 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; accountant;
law professor; New York City Third Deputy Police Commissioner,
1950-53; candidate for borough
president of Bronx, New York, 1953.
Jewish.
Member, American
Arbitration Association.
Died May 10,
1955 (age about 51
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Frank. |
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Betty Friedan (1921-2006) —
also known as Bettye Naomi Goldstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
4, 1921.
Democrat. University professor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1984.
Female.
Jewish
and Russian
ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died, of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 2006 (age 85 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Iona Station, Ontario,
October
15, 1908.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; economist;
university professor; U.S. Ambassador to India, 1961-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Philosophical Society.
Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1946, and again in 2000.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Mt. Auburn Hospital,
Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
29, 2006 (age 97 years, 196
days).
Interment at Indian
Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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Buell Gordon Gallagher (1904-1978) —
also known as Buell G. Gallagher —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Granite Springs, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rankin, Vermilion
County, Ill., February
4, 1904.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; college professor; president,
Talladega College, 1933-43; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in August, 1978
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Elmer David Gallagher and Elma Maryel (Poole) Gallagher;
married, September
1, 1927, to June Lucille Sampson. |
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Waldemar John Gallman (1899-1980) —
also known as Waldemar J. Gallman —
of Wellsville, Allegany
County, N.Y.
Born in Wellsville, Allegany
County, N.Y., April
27, 1899.
College instructor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Danzig, 1934-38; London, as of 1943; U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1948-50; South Africa, 1951-54; Iraq, 1954; Director General of the U.S. Foreign Service,
1958-61.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 28,
1980 (age 81 years, 62
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Asa Bird Gardiner (1839-1919) —
also known as Asa Bird Gardner —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
30, 1839.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal
of Honor for actions in Civil War War battles, but it was revoked
in 1917 when no evidence was found to support his award; law
professor; New
York County District Attorney, 1898-1900; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1900;
removed
from office as District Attorney in December 1900, by Gov. Theodore
Roosevelt, over charges
that he had interfered
with the prosecution of election cases against Tammany Hall.
Member, Tammany
Hall; Society
of the Cincinnati; Loyal
Legion; Grand
Army of the Republic; Society
of the War of 1812; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Suffern, Rockland
County, N.Y., May 24,
1919 (age 79 years, 236
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John William Gardner (1912-2002) —
also known as John W. Gardner —
of Scarsdale, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
8, 1912.
Republican. University professor; served in the U.S. Marine
Corps during World War II; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1965-68.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Sigma
Xi; Kappa
Delta Pi; American
Psychological Association; Common
Cause.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964; founder of Common Cause in 1970.
Died, from complications of prostate
cancer, in Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, Calif., February
16, 2002 (age 89 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Prentiss Bailey Gilbert (b. 1883) —
also known as Prentiss B. Gilbert —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., October
3, 1883.
Mining
superintendent; college instructor; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; chief, Division of Political and Economic
Information, U.S. State Department, 1921-27; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul in Geneva, 1930-33.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Crocker Good (1924-1984) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 7,
1924.
University professor; U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, 1965-68.
Died in 1984
(age about
60 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Scott Graham (1850-1931) —
also known as George S. Graham —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; Philadelphia
County District Attorney, 1880-98; law professor; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1892,
1916
(alternate), 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1913-31; died in
office 1931.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Islip, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 4,
1931 (age 80 years, 294
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Richard Theodore Greener (b. 1844) —
also known as Richard T. Greener; R. T.
Greener —
of Washington,
D.C.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
30, 1844.
University professor; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Bombay, 1898; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Vladivostok, 1898-1905.
African
ancestry.
First
Black graduate of Harvard, 1870.
Burial location unknown.
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Philip Halpern (1902-1963) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., November
12, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 48th District, 1938;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1948-63; died in office
1963; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme
Court, 1952-63 (3rd Department 1952-57, 4th Department 1958-63); died
in office 1963.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zionist
Organization of America; Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Mu; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
25, 1963 (age 60 years, 286
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847-1930) —
also known as Arthur S. Hardy —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Andover, Essex
County, Mass., August
13, 1847.
Civil
engineer; college professor; author;
editor of Cosmopolitan magazine,
1893-95; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1897-99; Greece, 1899-1901; Romania, 1899-1901; Serbia, 1899-1901; Switzerland, 1901-03; Spain, 1902-05; U.S. Consul General in Teheran, 1897-99.
Died in Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., March
13, 1930 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Interment at Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Conn.
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Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck (1791-1879) —
of New York.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
29, 1791.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1825-27; college
professor; president
of Rutgers College (now Rutgers University), 1840-50.
Slaveowner.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
24, 1879 (age 87 years, 87
days).
Interment at Old
Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
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Kenneth William Hechler (1914-2016) —
also known as Ken Hechler —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born near Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
20, 1914.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1959-77;
defeated, 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West
Virginia, 1964,
1968,
1972,
1980,
1984;
secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1985-2000; defeated, 2004.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Civitan;
American
Political Science Association.
Died in Slanesville, Hampshire
County, W.Va., December
10, 2016 (age 102 years,
81 days).
Interment at Branch Mountain United Methodist Church Cemetery, Three
Churches, W.Va.
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Christian Archibald Herter Jr. (1919-2007) —
also known as Christian A. Herter, Jr. —
of Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
29, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
administrative assistant to U.S. Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, 1953-54; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Massachusetts, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Massachusetts
state attorney general, 1958; vice-president, Socony Mobil Oil
Company, 1961-67; director, Berkshire Life
Insurance Company; law professor.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, in Washington,
D.C., September
16, 2007 (age 88 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alan G. Hevesi —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Democrat. University professor; member of New York
state assembly, 1971-93 (25th District 1971-72, 28th District
1973-93); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004;
New York City controller, 1994-2001; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2001 (Democratic primary), 2001
(Liberal); New York
state comptroller, 2003-06; resigned 2006.
Jewish.
Pleaded
guilty to fraud charges
over his use of a state employee to chauffeur his wife, December 22,
2006, and fined
$5,000.
Still living as of 2006.
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John Edmond Hewitt —
Republican. Lawyer; law
secretary to Justice Eugene
A. Philbin, 1920; law professor; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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William Bancroft Hill (c.1858-1945) —
of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Colebrook, Coos
County, N.H., about 1858.
Lawyer;
pastor;
college professor; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Christian
Reformed or Presbyterian.
Died January
23, 1945 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elise Weyerhaeuser (daughter of Frederick E.
Weyerhaeuser). |
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William Russell Hochman (1921-2019) —
also known as William Hochman; Bill
Hochman —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., August
28, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; college
professor; historian;
secretary
of Colorado Democratic Party, 1961-65; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 1968
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker).
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Historical Association.
Died in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., March
23, 2019 (age 97 years, 207
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius Hochman and Ruth Hochman. |
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Eleanor Holmes=Norton (b. 1937) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Washington,
D.C., June 13,
1937.
Democrat. Lawyer;
university professor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1972;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from the District of Columbia, 1991-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1996
(delegation chair), 2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Episcopalian.
African
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 2019.
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Alphonso Alva Hopkins (1843-1918) —
also known as Alphonso A. Hopkins; A. H.
Linton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Burlington Flats, Otsego
County, N.Y., March
27, 1843.
Editor, American Rural Home (weekly
newspaper), 1871-84; lecturer; university
professor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1874 (30th District), 1876 (30th
District), 1878 (30th District), 1900 (29th District), 1912 (15th
District); Prohibition candidate for New York
state comptroller, 1875; Prohibition candidate for secretary
of state of New York, 1879; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
New York, 1882; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York;
Prohibition candidate for New York
state senate 17th District, 1914; Prohibition candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.
Baptist;
later Congregationalist.
Died in Cliffside, Bergen
County, N.J., September
25, 1918 (age 75 years, 182
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Superintendent
of schools; university professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Frederic Clemson Howe (1867-1940) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Cortlandt town, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., November
21, 1867.
Lawyer;
law professor; writer;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1906-09; Commissioner of Immigration for the Port
of New York, 1914-19.
Died, in Martha's Vineyard Hospital,
Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes
County, Mass., August
3, 1940 (age 72 years, 256
days).
Interment at Greendale
Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson Howe and Jane (Clemson) Howe; married 1904 to Marie
H. Jenney. |
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memorial |
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Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., April
11, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; Governor of
New York, 1907-10; resigned 1910; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1908;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1910-16; resigned 1916; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1930-41; candidate for President
of the United States, 1916; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1921-25.
Baptist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Epsilon; Union
League.
Died in Osterville, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
27, 1948 (age 86 years, 138
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Henry Stuart Hughes (1916-1999) —
also known as H. Stuart Hughes —
of Massachusetts.
Born in New York, May 7,
1916.
University professor; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1962.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., October
21, 1999 (age 83 years, 167
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Irvine (1858-1931) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., September
15, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Nebraska 4th District, 1891-93; justice of
Nebraska state supreme court, 1893-99; law professor;
Dean, Cornell University Law School, from 1907; member, New York
State Public Service Commission; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1922.
Member, American Bar
Association; Chi Phi;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died June 23,
1931 (age 72 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Meyer Jacobstein (1880-1963) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
25, 1880.
Democrat. University professor; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from New York 38th District, 1923-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,
1928,
1932.
Jewish.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., April
18, 1963 (age 83 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Philip Caryl Jessup (1897-1986) —
also known as Philip C. Jessup —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
5, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
law professor; U.S. Ambassador to , 1949-53; judge, International Court of Justice, Geneva,
1961-70.
Died in 1986
(age about
89 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) —
also known as James W. Johnson; James William
Johnson —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 17,
1871.
School
principal; author; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1906-07; Dakar, 1907-08; Corinto, 1908-09; university professor.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Sigma
Pi Phi; Phi
Beta Sigma; Freemasons.
Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which
became known as the "Negro National Anthem".
Killed in a car-train
collision, in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 26,
1938 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Vladimir Karapetoff (b. 1876) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia,
January
8, 1876.
Socialist. Engineer;
university professor; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 6th District, 1913; candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1920, 1924; candidate for New York
state senate 41st District, 1932.
Christian.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; Sigma
Xi; Phi Mu
Alpha; Theta
Xi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nikita Karapetoff and Anna (Ivanova) Karapetoff; married, August
2, 1904, to Frances Lulu Gillmor. |
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Theron Preston Keator (1850-1917) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Rosendale, Ulster
County, N.Y., September
1, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; lecturer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1884.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 10,
1917 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alpheus B. Kenyon —
of Alfred, Allegany
County, N.Y.
College professor; Prohibition candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1889.
Burial location unknown.
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George Ross Kirkpatrick (1867-1937) —
also known as George R. Kirkpatrick; Kirk
Kirkpatrick —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; California.
Born in West Lafayette, Coshocton
County, Ohio, February
24, 1867.
Socialist. Lecturer; candidate for New York
state senate 17th District, 1912; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1916; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1932, 1934 (Socialist).
Died in 1937
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Roosevelt Kupferman (1920-2003) —
also known as Theodore R. Kupferman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 12,
1920.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1955; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1966-69.
Member, Federal
Bar Association.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
23, 2003 (age 83 years, 134
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., March
28, 1902.
Socialist. Author;
lecturer; arrested
on June 27, 1934, while picketing
in support of a labor
union at a furniture plant in Jersey City, N.J.; chairman,
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, 1943-47; this
organization and its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged
in 1946 with contempt
of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the
committee; in 1951, the U.S. State Department denied a
passport to him, based on his membership in what were deemed "Communist-front
organizations"; on August 17, 1954, the U.S. Senate cited
him with contempt
of Congress for refusing to testify before Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy's subcommittee; subsequently indicted;
pleaded not guilty; the indictment was dismissed in 1955; the Court
of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 1956; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952 (American Labor), 1958 (Independent
Socialist).
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of heart
failure, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
26, 1995 (age 93 years, 29
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.
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Noble Wishard Lee (1896-1978) —
also known as Noble W. Lee —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., August
27, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
law professor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1938; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District; elected 1940.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association; National
Lawyers Guild.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
8, 1978 (age 82 years, 42
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Ora Miner Leland (1876-1962) —
also known as Ora M. Leland —
of New York.
Born in Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich., June 28,
1876.
Progressive. Candidate for New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1912.
Dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture at the
University of Minnesota; developed the Aeronautical
Engineering Department in 1928-29.
Died March
30, 1962 (age 85 years, 275
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Wilbert John LeMelle (b. 1931) —
also known as Wilbert J. LeMelle —
of New York.
Born in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., November
11, 1931.
Democrat. University professor; U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, 1977-80; Seychelles, 1977-80.
Catholic.
Member, American
Political Science Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 1991.
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Nehemiah Homand Losey (1804-1875) —
also known as Nehemiah H. Losey —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Montgomery, Orange
County, N.Y., March 4,
1804.
Democrat. School
teacher; surveyor;
college professor; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1837-40.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., June 1,
1875 (age 71 years, 89
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Julian William Mack (1866-1943) —
also known as Julian W. Mack —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 19,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; circuit judge in Illinois, 1904-05; Judge,
Illinois Appellate Court, 1905-11; Judge
of U.S. Commerce Court, 1911-13; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for
the 7th Circuit, 1911; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1911-29; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1929-30; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1929-40; took
senior status 1940; senior judge, 1940-43.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Zionist
Organization of America; American
Jewish Congress; American
Jewish Committee.
Died, in his room at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
5, 1943 (age 77 years, 48
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Joseph Mansfield (1903-2001) —
also known as Mike Mansfield —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1903.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mining engineer;
university professor; U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1943-53; defeated in
primary, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1988,
1996,
2000;
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1953-77; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1977-88.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, at the Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2001 (age 98 years, 203
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Clifford T. McAvoy (1904-1957) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
3, 1904.
College instructor; concert
violinist; legislative
representative, College Teachers Union;; American Labor candidate
for New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1938; New York
City Deputy Welfare Commissioner, 1938-41; legislative
director, Greater New York CIO Council, 1941-44; legislative
representative, political action
director, and later international
representative, United Electrical Workers; American Labor
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1952; American Labor
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1953.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Died, from nephritis,
in Cape Cod Hospital,
Hyannis, Barnstable, Barnstable
County, Mass., August
9, 1957 (age 52 years, 310
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) —
also known as George B. McClellan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dresden, Saxony (now Germany)
of American parents, November
23, 1865.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1904-09; university professor;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Loyal
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died November
30, 1940 (age 75 years, 7
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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James Lukens McConaughy (1887-1948) —
also known as James L. McConaughy —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
21, 1887.
Republican. College professor; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1939-41; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1947-48; died in office 1948.
Member, Rotary;
Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died March 7,
1948 (age 60 years, 138
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Vories McNutt (1891-1955) —
also known as Paul V. McNutt —
of Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., July 19,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; law professor;
national commander, American Legion, 1928-29; Governor of
Indiana, 1933-37; High Commissioner to the Philippines, 1937-39,
1945-46; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1940;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1940,
1944;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1944;
U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1946-47; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Kiwanis.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
24, 1955 (age 63 years, 248
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harold Raymond Medina (1888-1990) —
also known as Harold R. Medina —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., February
16, 1888.
Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1947-51; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1951-58; took
senior status 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in Westwood, Bergen
County, N.J., March
14, 1990 (age 102 years,
26 days).
Interment at Westhampton
Cemetery, Westhampton Beach, Long Island, N.Y.
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James Charles Monaghan (1857-1917) —
also known as James C. Monaghan —
of Rhode Island; New Jersey.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
11, 1857.
Newspaper
editor; university professor; U.S. Consul in Mannheim, 1885-90; Chemnitz, 1893-1900; Kingston, 1914-17, died in office 1917.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
12, 1917 (age 60 years, 32
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Cumberland, R.I.
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Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865-1934) —
also known as Edwin V. Morgan —
of Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Aurora, Cayuga
County, N.Y., February
22, 1865.
College professor; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Seoul, 1900-01; U.S. Consul in Dalny, 1904-05; U.S. Minister to Korea, 1905; Cuba, 1905-10; Paraguay, 1909-11; Uruguay, 1909-11; Portugal, 1911-12; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1912-33.
Died in Petrópolis, Brazil,
April
16, 1934 (age 69 years, 53
days).
Interment at Cemitério Municipal de Petrópolis,
Petrópolis, Brazil.
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Howard Townsend Mosher (b. 1868) —
also known as Howard T. Mosher —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
university professor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Jacob S. Mosher. |
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) —
also known as Pat Moynihan —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Pindars Corners, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., March
16, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; political
scientist; university professor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1960
(alternate), 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000;
U.S. Ambassador to India, 1973-75; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1975-76; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1977-.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of infection
from a ruptured appendix,
in Washington,
D.C., March
26, 2003 (age 76 years, 10
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Hughes Mulligan (1918-1996) —
also known as William H. Mulligan —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 5,
1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; law
professor; Dean, Fordham Law School; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1971-81; resigned
1981.
Catholic.
Died, from complications of a stroke,
at Lawrence Hospital,
Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 13,
1996 (age 78 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) —
also known as Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Wright City, Warren
County, Mo., June 21,
1892.
Pastor;
professor, Union Theological Seminary, 1928-60; Socialist
candidate for New York
state senate 19th District, 1930; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1932; Socialist
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937;
vice-chair of New York Liberal Party, 1958.
Protestant.
German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Theologian; Socialist and pacifist until World War II; received the
Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass., June 1,
1971 (age 78 years, 345
days).
Interment at Stockbridge
Cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.
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Thomas Herbert Norton (b. 1851) —
also known as Thomas H. Norton —
of White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rushford, Allegany
County, N.Y., June 30,
1851.
Republican. Chemist;
newspaper
editor; university professor; librarian;
U.S. Consul in Harput, 1900-05; Smyrna, 1905-06; Chemnitz, 1906-14.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; American
Chemical Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Robert Norton and Julia Ann Granger (Horsford) Norton;
married, December
27, 1883, to Edith Eliza Ames. |
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John G. A. O'Neil (c.1937-1992) —
of Parishville, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.
Born about 1937.
College professor; member of New York
state assembly, 1981-92; died in office 1992.
Killed in a head-on
collision with another car, in St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., December
10, 1992 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Merritt Osband (b. 1836) —
of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Arcadia, Wayne
County, N.Y., June 15,
1836.
Republican. College professor; furniture
business; newspaper
editor; pipe
organ manufacturer; chair of
Washtenaw County Republican Party, 1886-90.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilson Osband and Susanna (Sherman) Osband; married, August
7, 1861, to Lucy Aldrich. |
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Richard Lawrence Ottinger (b. 1929) —
also known as Richard Ottinger —
of Pleasantville, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Mamaroneck, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, January
27, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1965-71, 1975-85 (25th District
1965-71, 24th District 1975-83, 20th District 1983-85); defeated,
1972; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1970; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1980;
law professor.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2013.
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Ruth Bryan Owen (1885-1954) —
also known as Ruth Bryan; Ruth Bryan Rohde; Mrs.
Borge Rohde —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., October
2, 1885.
Democrat. Lecturer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1929-33; U.S. Minister
to Denmark, 1933-36.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Delta
Gamma.
first
woman to be elected to Congress from the South; inducted 1992 into
the Florida Women's Hall of
Fame.
Died in Copenhagen, Denmark,
July
26, 1954 (age 68 years, 297
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Ordrup
Cemetery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Henry Paolucci (c.1921-1999) —
of New York.
Born about 1921.
Conservative. College professor; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1964; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Died January
1, 1999 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Leonard F. Parker (b. 1825) —
of Iowa.
Born in Arcade, Wyoming
County, N.Y., August
3, 1825.
College professor; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1868-70.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
History of Iowa (1903) |
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James C. Parsons (1926-2004) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., 1926.
Psychologist;
university professor; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1961-65.
Member, Kiwanis.
Died April 4,
2004 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Everard Peck (1821-1867) —
also known as H. E. Peck —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 20,
1821.
Republican. College professor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1856;
U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to Haiti, 1865-66; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1866-67, died in office 1867.
Abolitionist; involved in rescue of an escaping slave in Wellington,
near Oberlin, Ohio, in September 1858; among the 20 men who were arrested
and charged
with "infringement of the Fugitive
Slave Law"; the trial
ended when the slave catchers (who had pressed the charges) were
indicted for kidnapping.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Haiti,
June
9, 1867 (age 45 years, 324
days).
Interment somewhere
in Oberlin, Ohio.
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Cuthbert Winfred Pound (b. 1864) —
also known as Cuthbert W. Pound —
of Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Lockport, Niagara
County, N.Y., June 20,
1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state senate 29th District, 1894-95; law professor; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1906-16; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1915-32; chief
judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1932-34.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Law Institute.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Pound and Almina (Whipple) Pound. |
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John Dyneley Prince (1868-1945) —
also known as John D. Prince —
of Passaic
County, N.J.; Ringwood Manor, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
17, 1868.
University professor; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1906,
1908-09; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1909; member of New
Jersey state senate from Passaic County, 1910-12; U.S. Minister
to Denmark, 1921-26; Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, 1926-29; Yugoslavia, 1929-33.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Died in 1945
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Laurence Ingram Radway (1919-2003) —
also known as Laurence Radway —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.; West Lebanon, Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., February
2, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; university
professor; chair of
Grafton County Democratic Party, 1958-62; member of New Hampshire
Democratic State Committee, 1958-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Hampshire, 1964,
1972
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Political Science Association; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, from complications
of abdominal
surgery, in Lebanon, Grafton
County, N.H., May 7,
2003 (age 84 years, 94
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Radway and Dorothy Radway; married, August
20, 1949, to Patricia Ann Headland. |
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Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (1861-1933) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
27, 1861.
Republican. Poet;
lecturer; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1920.
Female.
Died, from pleural
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
17, 1933 (age 71 years, 143
days).
Interment at Robinson
Cemetery, Warren town, Herkimer County, N.Y.
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Herman F. Schnirel —
of Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y.
College professor; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Gould Schurman (1854-1942) —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Freetown, Prince
Edward Island, May 22,
1854.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; college professor; president,
Cornell University, 1892-1920; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1912-13; Montenegro, 1912-13; China, 1921-25; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915; U.S.
Ambassador to Germany, 1925-30.
Died in 1942
(age about
88 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Warren Ellis Schutt (b. 1883) —
of New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.
Born in Newfield, Tompkins
County, N.Y., December
29, 1883.
College instructor; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Naples, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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George Pratt Shultz (1920-2021) —
also known as George P. Shultz —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
13, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; economist;
university professor; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1969-70; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1972-74; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1982-89; survived an assassination
attempt in South America, August 1988; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1989.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Economic Association.
Died in Stanford, Santa Clara
County, Calif., February
6, 2021 (age 100 years,
55 days).
Interment at Dawes Cemetery, Cummington, Mass.
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Ernest Simmons —
of Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
University professor; vice-chair of New York American Labor
Party, 1945.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Elliott Percival Skinner (1924-2007) —
also known as Elliott P. Skinner —
Born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad,
June
20, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; naturalized U.S.
citizen; anthropologist;
university professor; U.S. Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69.
African
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
2007 (age 82 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clinton DeWitt Smith (b. 1854) —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Trumansburg, Tompkins
County, N.Y., March 7,
1854.
University professor; mayor
of East Lansing, Mich., 1907-08.
President
of Escola Agricola, Piracicaba, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 1908-13.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Reuben Smith and Clarissa G. (Pease) Smith; married, June 16,
1892, to Anna Cora Smith. |
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Joseph Tyree Sneed III (1920-2008) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., July 21,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
law professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1973-87; took
senior status 1987.
Member, Order of
the Coif.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
9, 2008 (age 87 years, 203
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Abraham David Sofaer (b. 1938) —
Born in Bombay (Mumbai), India,
May
6, 1938.
Law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge J.
Skelly Wright, 1965-66, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William
J. Brennan, 1966-67; lawyer;
assistant U.S. Attorney; law professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1979-85;
resigned 1985; legal advisor, U.S. Department of State, 1985-90.
Jewish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Joel Elias Spingarn (1875-1939) —
also known as Joel E. Spingarn —
of Bronx, New York County (now Bronx
County), N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 17,
1875.
Republican. University professor; poet;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1908; chairman,
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),
1913-39; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Jewish.
Member, NAACP.
Died July 26,
1939 (age 64 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Squires —
of Oneida
County, N.Y.
Democrat. College professor; candidate for New York
state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1903; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1904.
Burial location unknown.
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C. Tracey Stagg (1878-1939) —
of Cayuga Heights, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., December
16, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; member of New York
state senate 41st District, 1935-39; died in office 1939.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Acacia;
Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 14,
1939 (age 60 years, 210
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Red Book 1936 |
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Leonard Price Stavisky (1925-1999) —
also known as Leonard P. Stavisky —
of Beechhurst, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Whitestone, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., September
11, 1925.
Democrat. University professor; member of New York
state assembly, 1966-83 (26th District 1966, 23rd District
1967-72, 26th District 1973-83); candidate for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1969; member of New York
state senate, 1983-99 (12th District 1983-94, 16th District
1995-99); died in office 1999.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died, from complications of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in a hospital
at Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 19,
1999 (age 73 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Ross Stevenson (1866-1939) —
also known as J. Ross Stevenson —
of Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; New York City (unknown
county), N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Ligonier, Westmoreland
County, Pa., March 1,
1866.
Democrat. Pastor;
college professor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912 ; president,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1914-36.
Presbyterian.
Died in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., August
13, 1939 (age 73 years, 165
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.
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Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946) —
also known as Harlan F. Stone —
Born in Chesterfield, Cheshire
County, N.H., October
11, 1872.
Lawyer;
Dean of Columbia University Law School; U.S.
Attorney General, 1924-25; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-41; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage, in
court, while reading his dissent in the case of Girouard v.
United States, and died later that day, in Washington,
D.C., April
22, 1946 (age 73 years, 193
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Zephyr Rain Teachout (b. 1971) —
also known as Zephyr R. Teachout —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
21, 1971.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; candidate for Governor of
New York, 2014.
Female.
Still living as of 2016.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Peter Teachout and Mary (Miles) Teachout. |
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article |
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Ludwig Teller (1911-1965) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 22,
1911.
Lawyer;
law professor; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1951-56; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1957-61; defeated,
1960 (Democratic primary), 1960 (Liberal).
Jewish.
Member, American
Arbitration Association; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died October
4, 1965 (age 54 years, 104
days).
Interment at Union
Field Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Mark Thornton (b. 1960) —
of Auburn, Lee
County, Ala.
Born in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., June 7,
1960.
Libertarian. Economist;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1984; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1996; university professor.
The first
person to win election in Alabama on the Libertarian Party ticket, as
Lee County Constable in 1988.
Still living as of 2002.
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Rexford Guy Tugwell (1891-1979) —
also known as Rexford G. Tugwell; "Rex the
Red" —
Born in Sinclairville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., July 10,
1891.
Economist;
university professor; member of the "Brain Trust" which
advised President Franklin
D. Roosevelt; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1941-46.
Member, American
Political Science Association.
Died, in Cottage Hospital,
Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., July 21,
1979 (age 88 years, 11
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Sinclairville, N.Y.
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George Wadsworth II (1893-1958) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., April 3,
1893.
University professor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice
Consul in Nantes, 1917-19; Constantinople, 1919-20; Sofia, 1920; Alexandria, 1920-21; U.S. Consul in Cairo, 1922-24, 1928-31; U.S. Consul General in Bucharest, 1935; Jerusalem, 1936-40; Damascus, 1942-44; Beirut, 1942-44; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Syria, 1942-44; Lebanon, 1942-44; U.S. Minister to Lebanon, 1944-47; Syria, 1944-47; Iraq, 1946-48; Yemen, 1953-57; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1948-52; Czechoslovakia, 1952-53; Saudi Arabia, 1953-58.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died, of cancer,
March
5, 1958 (age 64 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Caesar Warfield (1920-2002) —
also known as William Warfield —
Born in West Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., January
22, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professional
singer; actor;
performed, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
university professor.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Broke his neck in an accidental fall, and
died a few weeks later, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
25, 2002 (age 82 years, 215
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918) —
also known as Andrew D. White —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.
Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., November
7, 1832.
Republican. University professor; member of New York
state senate 22nd District, 1864-67; co-founder and first president
of Cornell University, 1867-79 and 1881-85; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1872
(alternate), 1884,
1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; U.S. Minister to Germany, 1879-81; Russia, 1892-94; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1897-1902.
Member, American
Historical Association; American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., November
4, 1918 (age 85 years, 362
days).
Entombed at Sage
Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; statue at Arts
Quad, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
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Frederick Whittlesey (1799-1851) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in New Preston, Washington, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 12,
1799.
Lawyer;
Monroe
County Treasurer, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1831-35 (27th District 1831-33,
28th District 1833-35); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1847-48; law professor.
Died in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., September
19, 1851 (age 52 years, 99
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.; cenotaph at New Preston Village Cemetery, New Preston, Washington, Conn.
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Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in West Nottingham, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1735.
Preacher;
university professor; physician;
member of North Carolina state legislature, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1819 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Charles Sumner Winans (1863-1935) —
also known as Charles S. Winans —
of Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Tyre, Seneca
County, N.Y., January
25, 1863.
Merchant;
college professor; U.S. Consul in Iquique, 1900-07; Valencia, 1907-09; Seville, 1909-14; Nuremberg, 1914-17; Cienfuegos, 1917-19; London, 1919-20; Prague, 1920-26; U.S. Consul General in Prague, as of 1927.
Methodist.
Died July 13,
1935 (age 72 years, 169
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Chelsea, Mich.
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Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (b. 1943) —
also known as Paul Wolfowitz —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., December
22, 1943.
University professor; U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, 1986-89.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Philip Young (1910-1987) —
of New York; Great Falls, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Lexington, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 9,
1910.
Republican. Economist;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; business
executive; dean of the Columbia University business
school, 1948-53; chair, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1953-57; U.S.
Ambassador to Netherlands, 1957-60.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Arlington Hospital,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
15, 1987 (age 76 years, 251
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Lloyd Zimmermann (1906-1993) —
also known as Frederick L. Zimmermann —
of Woodhaven, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 28,
1906.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Queens County 6th District, 1930-35;
college professor.
Died, in Highgate Manor Nursing
Home, Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., December
14, 1993 (age 87 years, 139
days).
Interment at Medway Christian Church Cemetery, New Baltimore, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Daniel Zimmermann and Lulu M. (Quinn) Zimmermann;
married 1933 to Grace
Buch. |
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memorial |
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